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ding up

ding up verb: to dent, bend, or injure.

Verb

ding up (third-person singular simple present dings up, present participle dinging up, simple past and past participle dinged up)

  1. (slang, transitive) To dent, bend, or injure.
    • A horse threw me last night and I dinged up my goddamn ribs1983, The Right Stuff, 00:14:25

Forms of ding up

third-person singular presentdings up
present participledinging up
past participledinged up
pastdinged up

Questions about ding up

What does ding up mean?
Ding up means to dent, bend, or injure.
What part of speech is ding up?
Ding up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ding up?
The past tense of ding up is dinged up.

Words near ding up in the dictionary

  1. ding dong cart
  2. ding dong carts
  3. ding dong ditch
  4. ding dongs
  5. ding right
  6. ding up
  7. Ding'an
  8. ding, ding, ding, we have a winner
  9. ding-a-ling
  10. ding-a-lings
  11. ding-dong

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